February 2024

  • The investing environment looks drab. That's when gold and silver shine.
  • Is $2,000 the new pricing magnetic pole?
  • Chinese investors pour into gold. What does that mean if anything?

December 2023

  • Gold is looking good going into the year-end close.
  • Geopolitics will impact investing in 2024 in a major way.
  • Is the World Gold Council bullish on gold?

Market closure dates.

October 2023

  • Gold breakout looming?
  • John Mauldin and gold
  • The war in Israel will change investing for a long time

Market closure dates.

August 2023

  • Debt is becoming a major issue
  • Fitch downgrades US credit rating after debt limit standoffs
  • China cuts US Treasury holdings to 14-year low amid persisting security concerns, geopolitical tensions

Market closure dates.

June 2023

  • The role of gold and silver in today's world
  • A much needed crisis
  • UBS  - Three reasons to buy gold now

Office closure dates.

April 2023

  • Now is the time part 2
  • Gold and silver charts
  • Times have indeed changed.

Market closure dates.

February 2023

  • Now is the time...
  • Gold and silver charts
  • Times have changed.

Market closure dates.

December 2022

  • Volatility in the markets is not "transitory."
  • Charts and another new chart.

OWNx Holiday closure dates.

October 2022

  • Housing and UK Bonds.
  • Gold and Silver Charts - The good within the bad and ugly.

OWNx Holiday closure dates.

August 2022

  • The gold and silver markets are at a crossroads
  • Gold and Silver Charts - The long term is still positive

OWNx Holiday closure dates.

June 2022

  • The world is at a crossroads.
  • Gold and Silver Charts - Not as much damage as you may think.
  • The Fed is boxed in.
  • Housing crash coming?

OWNx Holiday closure dates.

April 2022

  • Gold and Silver Charts - Looking good!
  • A repeat of "stagflation" or something different?
  • A resurgence of local communities portends a change in investment strategies.

OWNx Holiday closure dates.

February 2022

Gold and Silver Market Summary

Good price action in gold to begin 2022.

  • The charts of gold and the NASDAQ 100 paint very different stories.
  • Volatility is going to be around for a while.
  • It might be wise to question the "It's only a correction" talk.

November, 2021

Gold and Silver Market Summary

Improved price action in gold and silver sets up a better 2022.

A word on Cryptos

  • Gold or Bitcoin? Store-of-value debate rages as Bitcoin grows.
  • DeFi Matures As Innovative Crypto-Based Futures Issuance And Trading Rises.
  • What Bitcoin and Ether’s Options Tell Us About Their Maturity.

OWNx Holiday Closure Dates

September, 2021

Gold and Silver Market Summary

Price action may not be great right now, however...

  • Gold, An 'Attractive Insurance Policy'
  • The gold bull run is 'really, truly just getting started.'
  • Hold 10% of portfolio in gold as currencies will be devalued: Mark Mobius

OWNx Holiday Closure Dates

July, 2021

Gold and Silver Market Summary

Inflation is here. Continued eye on inflation.

  • Why America's Labor Shortage Will Drive Inflation Higher
  • CEO's sound the Alarm on Inflation
  • Higher Inflation Is Here to Stay for Years

OWNx Holiday Closure Dates

May, 2021

OWNx App Update

X-cerpt from OWNx CEO, Jeremy Brakenhoff

Gold and Silver Market Summary

Inflation is here. Now what?

  • The Bigger Inflation Scare is Emerging: World Food
  • The fear that haunts markets--is inflation coming back? A perspective from the UK.
  • Inflation--A Short or Long-Term Issue?

OWNx Holiday Closure Dates

March, 2021

OWNx App Update

X-cerpt from OWNx COO, Josh McCleary

Gold and Silver Market Summary

A Shifting Investment Landscape

  • Inflation is Broken (John Mauldin)
  • Why the Silver Bull Run is Inevitable (David Morgan)
  • The Darnold Dilemma (Ben Hunt)

OWNx Holiday Closure Dates

January, 2021

X-cerpt from OWNx COO, Josh McCleary

Gold and Silver Market Summary

Indicators that Indeed, "Small is the new big."

  • OWNx Joins Gab
  • Social Media Censorship: How do we protect speech and avoid a tech civil war?
  • GameStop Mania Explained: How the Reddit retail trading crowd ran over Wall Street pros

November, 2020

X-cerpt from OWNx CEO, Jeremy Brakenhoff

Gold and Silver Market Summary

Upcoming OWNx Office Closures

September, 2020

X-cerpt from OWNx Founders, Josh McCleary & Jeremy Brakenhoff

Gold and Silver Prices: Acting as "normal" as we can expect.

Another Look at "Small is the New Big"

  • COVID Accelerates the Urbanization of Food
  • COVID-19 Effects on the Food Supply Chain
  • Keeping an Eye on Inflation Expectations

Suggested Reading

  • The Great Reset

Upcoming OWNx Office Closures

July, 2020

X-cerpt from Josh McCleary, OWNx COO

Gold and silver: responding to global realities

It looks like price inflation is coming in 2021

  • Inflation 2021: Bond Investors, Buckle Up
  • Expect an inflation problem going into 2021, strategist says
  • US food supply chain: Disruptions and implications from COVID-19
  • Gold, silver prices surge to highest levels in years
  • Gold Prices Hit Record as Dollar Drops

Suggested Reading

  • Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age

Upcoming OWNx Office Closures

May, 2020

X-Cerpt: Massive, rapid change is here.

Gold and Silver: Consolidation time

It's Time to Wait and See

Suggested Reading

  • Five Viral Lessons: John Mauldin gives us some things to think about.
  • The Changing World Order: Ray Dalio does the same. 

Upcoming OWNx Office Closures

March, 2020

X-Cerpt: Wow, what a change a month can make!

Gold and Silver: Avoiding the Panic Spread

  • What do the charts say?

Global Supply Chain Transformation is Here

  • An open letter to the Supply Chain Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • China's Grip on Supply Chains is a Problem
  • Made in China Isn't What it Used to Be

Suggested Reading

  • Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey into Regenerative Agriculture
  • Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age

Upcoming OWNx Office Closures

January, 2020

X-Cerpt

Food in Nigeria - Our First Step into the Future

Read about how OWNx is working with Nigerian entreprenuers to invest in the future of a nation.

Share your thoughts on the ideas and opportunities of the next decade!

November, 2019

X-Cerpt

Consolidation Time

Spotlight: Keeping Things Simple

  • Dollar Cost Averaging: Use it to Boost Your Investment Returns Like a Boss
  • Set Up a Schedule! Have Fun Over the Holidays!
  • A Simple-to-Use News Aggregation Tool

Suggested Reading

  • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
  • Completing Capitalism: Healing Business to Heal the World

September, 2019

New: X-cerpts!

Gold Breakout Confirmed

Spotlight: Silver's Industrial Uses

  • Silver Has "Too Many Industrial Uses" for Prices Not to Improve
  • Silver as a Constraint for Large-Scale Development of Solar Photovolatics?
  • 4 Factors That Drive Silver Demand

Suggested Reading

  • GDP - A Brief But Affectionate History
  • Building Social Buisness: The New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs

July, 2019

Gold and Silver Break Out!

Suggested Reading

  • Gold and silver have decisively broken out of long-term down trends
  • Facebook Announces its Crypto Project - Libra
  • Global Growth is Slowing

OWNx Office Closure Dates

May, 2019

Decentralization – 1 Year Later

PMs, Silver, Cryptos, and FinTech

  • Gold Price & Silver Outlook
  • Amplats CEO "Very Bullish" on Platinum and Palladium
  • 3 Charts Suggest Silver is Ready to Move Higher
  • Decentralization Has Gone Mainstream
  • JPMorgan Quietly Reboots the Blockchain Behind Its JPM Coin Cryptocurrency
  • Identifying Fake "Decentralization
  • Crypto Regulation Experts Debate State vs. Federal Regulation in the Blockchain Era

Suggested Reading

  • The Current vs. Future State of Distributed Ledger Technology
  • Why Disruption is Coming for Your Industry -- And How to Embrace It

OWNx Office Closure Dates

March, 2019

Time is ticking as critical decisions are being made at the crossroads.

Gold, Silver, Cryptos, and FinTech

  • Silver, not gold is the portfolio insurance to buy right now
  • Platinum and Palladium are now on the OWNx platform.
  • JP Morgan is rolling out cryptocurrency.

Suggested Reading

  • Recession Signals Piling Up
  • Rethinking Money - How New Currencies Turn Scarcity into Prosperity

January, 2019

Gold, Silver, Cryptos, and FinTech

  • Gold is Approaching an Inflection Point
  • Overstock's tZERO Wins Patent for Integrating Cyrpto With Legacy Trading Tech
  • RIP ICOs: 2019 Will Be the Year of Enterprise Blockchain Tokens
  • 1 Token = 1 (Very Specific) Asset

Suggested Reading

  • The Year of Living Dangerously
  • Why Disruption Is Coming for Your Industry -- And How to Embrace It

November, 2018

OWNx Ten-Year Anniversary

  • 2008: The Beginning
  • 2009: SilverSaver Launch
  • 2010: Depository Audit
  • A Timeless Video from Our Early Days
  • 2011: Gold, Employee Benefit, and Canada!
  • 2012: Live Pricing and a NASCAR Sponsorship
  • 2015: X Marks the Spot: Another Revolutionary Idea
  • 2016: The Present and Beyond

OWNx Office Closure Dates

September, 2018

Recent Blog Posts

Gold, Silver, Cyrptos, and Fintech

  • Gold-To-Silver Ratio Spikes To Highest Level In 27 Years
  • Cryptocurrency Outlook: 4 Key Indicators It's Here to Stay
  • The Future of Banking: Fintech, or Techfin?

Suggested Reading

  • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Questions to help you sort through the noise in your own life.

July, 2018

Recent Blog Posts

Gold, Silver, Cyrptos, and Fintech

  • Signs of Higher U.S. Inflation Creep Into Regional Fed Surveys
  • Backlash Building to Cashless Movement
  • IBM Launches Starter Kit for Blockchain Developers

Suggested Reading

  • Consumers Favor Small Businesses Because of Their Customer Focus
  • Americans' Complicated Feelings About Social Media in an Era of Privacy Concerns

OWNx Office Closure Dates

May, 2018

Recent Blog Posts

Gold, Silver, Cyrptos, and Fintech

  • This Billionaire Has Put Half His Net Worth into Gold
  • Blockchain Technology Has the Power to Destroy Monopolies
  • When Bitcoin Miners Take Over Your Town
  • Will Other Distributed Ledgers Replace Blockchain?
  • Is Hashgraph Technology Just Hype, or Can It Dethrone Blockchain?

Suggested Reading/Watching

  • Money & Life

Interesting Insights

Reasons people buy gold and silver.

March, 2018

Gold, Silver, Cyrptos, and Fintech

  • Silver is poised to outpace gold this year
  • Adrian Day: 2018 Will be a Positive Year for Gold and Gold Stocks
  • Why Decentralized Exchanges are the Future for Digital Assets
  • How FinTech is Changing the World of Finance
  • Is Hashgraph Technology Just Hype, or Can It Dethrone Blockchain?

Recent Blog Posts

Suggested Reading

  • Money - Understanding and Creating Alternatives to Legal Tender
  • The Ethics of Money Production

Featured Question

"How does opening an OWNx IRA work?"

January, 2018

Gold, Silver, Cryptos, and FinTech

  • One Way to Save More Money for Retirement - Use FinTech
  • Tales from the Cryptomainia - Part I
  • The Next Great Bull Market in Gold Has Begun

Recent Blog Posts

Suggested Reading

  • Rethinking Money: How New Currencies Turn Scarcity into Prosperity
  • A History of Money and Banking in the United States

Shout Out to Our Clients

November, 2017

Gold, Silver, Cryptos, and FinTech

  • The First Stamped Gold & Silver Coins
  • The Birth and Evolution of Banking
  • The Birth of Cryptos
  • Where Did "FinTech" Come From?

Recent Blot Posts

Suggested Reading

  • Industrial Silver Demand Keeps Growing
  • "99% of ICOs are [Worthless]"

Announcing a New Depository Storage Facility

OWNx Holiday Closure Dates

Featured Question:

"How long has OWNx been in business?"

September, 2017

Gold, Silver, Cryptos & FinTech

  • China Readies Yuan-Priced Crude Oil Benchmark Backed by Gold
  • Gold Near 1-Year High, buoyed by Korea tensions, Lower Dollar
  • Ben Bernanke to Give Keynote Speech at Cryptocurrency Conference
  • What Banks Will Want to Become: A Living Business

Recent Blog Posts

Suggested Reading

  • 5 Things You Should Know About ETFs
  • Four Methods of Investing in a Precious Metals IRA

Featured Question:

"Does the OWNx platform offer any cryptocurrencies at this time?"